American Idol XIV: Weekly Recaps by Andrew Rogers

Our Editor and Staff Writer, Andrew Rogers is back for the ground-breaking fourteenth season of American Idol. Rogers has covered the reality music competition for the last few years to much favor and adoration. By examining performances and giving accurate predictions of the contestants’ performances, Rogers provides a look ahead to readers of just what’s in-store for the remaining hopefuls each week. This year, he delivers the very best every week with his charm and wit, and most of all, in-depth coverage of the very latest!

January 22: Auditions #5 – Minneapolis, MN: After tonight, only 3 more audition episodes remain and I’m intrigued to see what talent will get added to the mix from the previous audition stops. Will someone in the next few days take over as my favorite going into the live rounds? CONTINUE READING…

February 12: Hollywood Week #3: Tonight, Idol’s group night came to a close and, with it, the hopes and dreams of some of the early Idol hopefuls who showed promise. But, at the same time, we saw some talent emerge from… CONTINUE READING…

February 19: Showcase #1: This year the producers decided to do things a bit differently with the Top 24 reveal. The Top 48 would perform on the House of Blues stage in LA and then, one by one, we’d see a little snippet of that performance… CONTINUE READING…

February 20: Showcase #2: Tonight, the Top 24 Reveal continued as 12 more contestants were added to the 12 from last night. I may go and watch them all before next week’s show to decide on my own favorites and figure out who really has a shot at the title. CONTINUE READING…

February 26: Top 12 Guys: In Wednesday’s telecast, the first where America will get the chance to vote on the remaining contestants, we found out that Idol was coming at us live from Detroit’s Fillmore Theater. CONTINUE READING…

March 20: Top 10…at the Box Office?Tonight we finally saw a shift that I, personally, have been waiting for since about Season 9. The focus seemed to shift back on the contestants, giving them a chance to act out imaginary movies and give us a bit of their personality. CONTINUE READING…

March 26: Top 9 Performances – 80s Night: After the dramatic finish to last week’s episode where the judges chose to save Qaasim for his performance potential, we came into tonight knowing two of our contestants would be going home and with a talent pool as deep as we have this season… CONTINUE READING…

April 2: Top 8 – Kelly Clarkson Week: Last week, Ryan teased us with a potential added twist toIdol‘s show this week and, throughout the week, the contestants themselves revealed more about the “Idol Fan Save” that would be coming into play on Wednesday night. CONTINUE READING…

April 16: Top 7 – American Classics: I get a little antsy when we get to the point in the competition where contestants are singing multiple songs in a week because I feel like Idol history has shown that we are guaranteed to get at least one less-than-stellar performance from each of them… CONTINUE READING…

April 23: Top 6 – Arena Anthems: On Wednesday night’s Idol show the theme wasn’t the only thing misleading as a grand total of two of the performances seemed to actually fit within its confines. But worse yet was the distinct lack of viable feedback from the judges… CONTINUE READING…

May 7: Top 4 – Hometown Glory: The defining feature of Season 14 seems to be that the contestants are all unique in their own right and the remaining four are no exception to that rule. Rayvon brings his almost spot-on buttery tone every week… CONTINUE READING…

May 14: Finale Results: As the traditional Idol montage the played during tonight’s episode reminded us, the last four months of auditions, performances and eliminations have all led to tonight’s show where someone… CONTINUE READING…

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